Morwennius

Morwennius is a monotypic moth genus in the family Sphingidae described by Alan Charles Cassidy, Michael G. Allen and Tony W. Harman in 2002.[2] Its only species, Morwennius decoratus, the ornamented hawkmoth, was described by Frederic Moore in 1872.[3]

Morwennius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Sphingidae
Genus:
Morwennius

Cassidy, Allen & Harman, 2002
Species:
M. decoratus
Binomial name
Morwennius decoratus
(Moore, 1872)[1]
Synonyms
  • Smerinthus decoratus Moore, 1872
  • Marumba decoratus indochinensis Gehlen, 1933
  • Mimas strigfenestra Zhu & Wang, 1997

Distribution

It is known from Nepal, Sikkim and Assam in north-eastern India, Yunnan in south-western China, northern Thailand, Laos, Peninsular Malaysia and Sumatra in Indonesia

Description

The wingspan is about 72 mm.[4]

  • Female
    Female
  • Female underside
    Female underside

References
  1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-12-20. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Morwennius​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved December 19, 2018.
  3. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Morwennius decoratus​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved December 19, 2018.
  4. Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Morwennius decoratus (Moore, 1872) -- Ornamented hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 16, 2018.


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